Object details
Accession number
F25c24
Primary Creator
Italian, Northern Italy
Full title
Sedan Chair
Creation Date
about 1770-1785
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer C. McCarthy, Boston on 1 January 1892 for $1,500 for the sedan chair, a set of Worcester Armorial china (museum no. C1s49.1-24), and a table (museum no. F21s8).
Marks
Inscribed erroneously: Edward Earl of Clarendon Lord High Chancellor of England and Chancellor of the University of Oxford Anno Domini 1667
Coat of arms (upper back panel): coronet
Dimensions
151.1 x 83.2 x 102.9 cm (59 1/2 x 32 3/4 x 40 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Painted wood; leather
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Veronese Room
Bibliography
Art Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), pp. 1-2, no. 8. (as having belonged to Edward, Earl of Clarendon)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 18.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 200. (as a composite of the 17th-19th century, with false inscription)
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